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Patent GB-190714838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Compounding of Alternate-current Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1907-06-27
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 14,838. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. June 27. Distortion of field, preventing field magnets, special means for separately exciting; sparking, preventing.-In compounding synchronous alternating-current machines by supplying the field winding of the machine with direct current derived from a rotary converter, the alternating-current side of which is fed with the machine current or with a current proportional thereto, armature reaction in the converter due to the direct current is neutralized, and sparking at the commutator brushes is prevented, by the use of a compensating winding on the stator having more ampere-turns per inch in the neighbourhood of the commutation line than in the other parts of the circumference of the stator. The stator n of the converter is in the form of a Gramme ring preferably internally slotted, and is provided with a main field winding g, current being supplied to the latter at the terminals 1, 2. The armature a has a single winding connected to slip-rings supplied with the machine current through a series transformer t and also to a commutator, the brushes on which are connected to the field terminals 3, 4 of the machine through the compensating winding f, the coils of the latter be'ng packed more closely together on the axis y-y. Windings f, g, in proximity to the axis y-y which neutralize one another, may be dispensed with, and the winding f in the axis y-y may be placed around several teeth or around one large tooth. The winding f may be connected in shunt with the armature ; or as it may be considered as made up of two portions, one concentrated in the axis y-y for improving commutation, and an equally distributed portion to neutralize armature reaction, one of these portions may be connected in series, and the other in parallel with the armature.
Patent GB-190723091-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Tea & like Kettles
Inventor: CHAMBERS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 23,091. Chambers, G. Oct. 19. Kettles. - A tea or like kettle bas a flue for the hot gases, consisting of a coiled tube A, of which one end opens into a bottomless chamber B and the other end passes through the side wall of the kettle. The filling- opening may have a raised rim C, and the chamber B may be omitted, the tube A communicating directly with the bottom of the vessel.
Patent GB-190728544-A (GB)
Title: Spring Wheel.
Inventor: SCHINDLER HENRY ERNEST
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 28,544. Schindler, H. E. Dec. 28. Spring wheels; felloes or rims.-The hub is suspended from the rim by two coiled springs arranged at the sides of a wide hub disk guided between spaced rim plates. The rim is formed of two plates 7, Fig. 2, which when bolted together are spaced to slide upon a disk 6 formed on the hub 5. Each coiled spring 13, Fig. 1, set oppositely to the other, passes at its outer end through two ears 12 formed on a rim plate, and is secured by two split pins 14. The inner end is hooked in an aperture in a tubular hub extension closed by a screwed plug 15.
Patent GB-190802031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Boxes for Talking Machines.
Inventor: TALLACK LIONEL GEORGE CASS
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 2031. Tallack, L. G. C. Jan. 29. Gramophones. - T h e sound-box is made in one piece, and the diaphragm recess is provided with two notches A to allow of e a s y insertion of the diaphragm. The stylus bar D is also made in one piece with the needleholder E and the tension spring c. This spring is secured by screws to the two faces B, which are at an angle of 60 degrees to the plane of the diaphragm. The sound-box in use is preferably kept vertical, and the needle-holder E is bent to the necessary angle in the plane of the diaphragm.
Patent GB-190808647-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Cooling the Pistons of Motors.
Inventor: GRATZ BERNHARD
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 8647. Grõtz, B. Jan. 7, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lubricating pistons. In an internal-combustion or other engine having forced lubrication, the lubricating-oil or mixture of lubricating-oil and water serves also to cool the piston. The lubricant is supplied by a pipe g to the crank shaft f and passes through the passages in the connecting-rod e and gudgeon-pin d and a passage c to a space b in the piston head. The oil is discharged through a pipe h. An air chamber i communicates with the pipe g in order that the air pressure may continue the flow of lubricant after the engine has stopped.
Patent GB-190809372-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement Permitting of Synchronising the Movements of Two Bodies
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 9372. Soc. Mathelot et Gentilhomme. Oct. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act. 1907.] [Patent of Addition to No. 8865, A.D. 1908.] Kinematographs.-Relates to improvements in the method of synchronizing two motors, such as the driving-motors of a phonograph and kinematograph, described in Specification No. 8865, A.D. 1908, in which the synchronizing-apparatus closes a circuit through one or the other magnet of a reversing-switch controlling the armature-connexions of a motor adapted to rotate the contactarms of a rheostat so as to vary the resistance in the circuits of the driving-motors. According to the present invention, the reversing-switch is replaced by two groups of relays 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, so arranged that, when one motor leads the other, the speed of the leading motor is decreased, and the speed of the lagging motor is increased. The circuit of the motor B normally passes from the high-tension battery T', through the wire B5, armature 4<1>, wire d<2>, contact P<2>, contact-arm P, and rheostat, to the point Q<3>, and thence to the motor B, switch R, and battery T'. The similar circuit of the motor B' passes through the contact P<3> and armature 3'. If the motors get out of phase, a circuit is closed, as described in the above-mentioned Specification, either through the brush I' and relays 1, 2, 3 or through the brush J<1> and relays' 4, 5, 6. If the motor B' leads, the relays 1, 2, 3 will be energized with the following effects, (1) the armatures 1<1>, 2<1> complete a circuit from the battery T<1> through the armature and field of the motor O, which then rotates the arms P, P<1> in the direction to decrease the current supplied to the motor B' and increase that supplied to the motor B; (2) the armature 3<1> breaks contact at c, thus causing the current of the motor B' to pass through the maximum resistance Q<2>, Q<3>; and (3) the armature 3<1> makes contact at c' thus short-circuiting the rheostat resistance in the circuit of the motor B. If the motor B' lags, the relays 4, 5, 6 are energized with similar effects, the armature connexions of the motor O being reversed but not the direction of current through the field. If clockwork is used to drive the phonograph, a releasing - magnet is arranged in the low-tension circuit so that the two instruments may start at the same instant when the switches R, R' are actuated. Specifications Nos. 9370 and 9371, A.D. 1908, are also referred to.
Patent GB-190811268-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Holding or Retaining Sliding Window Sashes in any Required Position.
Inventor: ALDERSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-25
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,268. Alderson, W. May 25. Window holders. -A spring C, secured in a groove Band recesses J in the sash stile, carries forked castings D with rollers F which bear against the frame. The raising of the sash may be facilitated by arranging spiral springs inside the rollers, so that when the window is lowered the springs are wound-up.
Patent GB-190816414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Forced-draught Furnaces.
Inventor: GOODRICH WALTER FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-08-04
Abstract: 16,414. Goodrich, W. F., and Hamlyn, W. R. Aug. 4. Forced-draught furnaces; blast apparatus.-In furnaces in which air under pressure is supplied to the ash-pit through a conduit fixed to the furnace front, an opening is provided in the front of the conduit for removing ashes &c. from the ash-pit, and a door is so arranged that during this operation the forced draught is cut off. The construction of the steam or air injectors is also modified. Forced draught is supplied to the ash-pit through a conduit s, which is connected at its upper end to a box t fixed to the furnace front. A hinged valve w adapted to close either of the openings v or x is provided, so that when ashes are being removed from the ash-pit the forced-draught conduit will be closed. The valve is operated by a lever w<4>, or a counterweight on the hinge-pin, and is formed so that it makes a tight fit in either position. The conduit s is substantially elliptical in cross-section, and externally is of the same dimensions throughout the whole, or nearly the whole, of its length. The motive fluid is supplied through two nozzles u<1> or bridge-pieces u<1>, or the conduit may be connected up to a fan. In a modified form the nozzles u<1> deliver into separate short tubes opening into the conduit s. When the lower end of the conduit is beneath the floor, a loose ring s* may be fitted to cover the gap between the conduit and the floor.
Patent GB-190818875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hats.
Inventor: BRADBURY RICHARD ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 18,875. Bradbury, R. A. Sept. 8. Drawings to Specification. Ventilating.-Hats, more especially waterproof or oilskin hats such as sou' westers, are provided with a ventilating-opening in the crown closed on the inside with canvas, gauze, or other porous fabric, and a cover of the same material as the hat is laid over the opening and attached at different points to the hat. The spaces between the points of attachment provide ventilating-passages. The cover may be made in various shapes, for example, in the shape of a cross.
Patent GB-190825247-A (GB)
Title: A Rivetless Casement Stay.
Inventor: HARRISON JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 25,247. Harrison, J. Nov. 24. Making hinges and pivots; casting.-The parts of casement stays are connected together by casting during manufacture. The middle joint A is cast first with two holes a<1>, a<2> in it, these holes being preferably countersunk. The stay joint B and the box C are moulded complete, and after removal of the combined pattern, the joint A is placed in position, Fig. 3. Molten metal is now run into the mould, forming the stay joint B and box joint C, and at the same time connecting them to the middle joint.
Patent GB-190825848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-issuing Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 25,848. Union Special - Machinen - fabric Ges., and Wever, F. July 15, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Money-delivering apparatus.-In coin-issuing apparatus of the type in which sums are issued directly into packets and at the same time the amount is exhibited through an inspection opening, the amount is printed on the packet itself after the recipient has satisfied himself of the correctness thereof, the printing being preferably operated from a separate key. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the money-delivering apparatus is of that class in which the depression of a key causes the corresponding amount to be shown on the recording-wheel 13 through an opening 14. The wheel 13 is connected by toothed sectors 10, 11 with a printing-wheel 9, so that the positions of the wheels 9, 13 correspond. The receiving bags a are placed in a holder 18 in the hopper, and are opened so that the issued coins fall into them. The tabs b on which the print is to be made rest on a support 3, and when the recipient is satisfied as to the correctness of the amount as shown on the recording-wheel 13, a suitable lever or key is operated and causes the hammer 15 to strike the tab b against the corresponding type on the printing-wheel 9.
Patent GB-190826152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in Solution and Precipitation Processes and particularly for the Extraction of Zinc from its Ores or Compounds.
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-03
Abstract: 26,152. Hommel, W., and Metals Extraction Corporation. Dec. 3. Agitating liquids by air jets.-Mixing-appuatus for use in solution processes consists of a substantially vertical conduit F, up which fluid carrying solid in suspension is impelled by a jet G at the bottom thereof, and an inclined feed-conduit E opening into the conduit F at or about the level of the gas-inlet. In the form shown, the conduits E, F open into a chamber E<1>. The vertical conduits F may discharge into domes H provided with inspection devices, and one or more sets of apparatus may be arranged in series. The apparatus is suitable for the extraction of zinc by sulphurous acid as described, for example, in Specification No. 23,901, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys], and is a modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 21,759. A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys]. In working this process, ore &c. and water are fed down the inclined conduit E, and the jet G is supplied with sulphurous acid gas or a concentrated solution of sulphurous acid. Excess of sulphurous acid may be drawn off from the dome and may be returned to work the jet of the next apparatus. Small inlet-conduits L for sulphurous acid in the conduits E prevent clogging.
Patent GB-190827073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metal Punching Machines
Inventor: BUCHANAN JAMES NEILSON
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 27,073. Buchanan, J. N., and Wilson, J. Dec. 14. Punching.-Removable bolsters e are held by screw couplings h<1> provided with tommy holes h<2>. Punches are similarly held and are shaped as shown ; the dies are tapered over part of their length both inside and outside.
Patent GB-190910071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tanks of Large Diameter.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: E04H7/18
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 10,071. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges.]. April 28. Holders.-Metal tanks of large diameter are strengthened at the bottoms by being secured to a ferro-concrete ring of angular cross-section; the vertical and horizontal portions of the ring being so constructed that the pressure on the horizontal or base portion equals or exceeds that on the vertical portion. Fig. 2 shows a part of the bottom of the tank in section. The metal casing 1 is composed of sheets which increase in thickness towards the bottom, and the lower sheets are rigidly connected to the iron bottom 3 by angle-iron rings 2. This metal cylinder so formed is surrounded by the angle-ring of ferro-concrete, the horizontal part 5 of which is embedded in the floor 4; and vertical portion 6 surrounds the lower sheets of the tank. The portion 6 is in the form of a rigid body 7 of ferro-concrete, the upper part 8 consisting of concrete reinforced by strips or layers of iron in the form of ring segments 9, the ends 10 of which are bent, as shown in Fig. 3. The casing 1 is connected to the vertical part 6 by vertical projections, such as angle-irons 11, and also by round-edged iron members 12 arranged crossways. Additional angle-members 13, shown in Fig. 5, may be secured to the casing 1 between the members 11. Radial angle-irons 15 are secured to the underside of the sheet-iron bottom 3, and the roundedged irons 16 are arranged crossways. The foot of the angle-ring of concrete 6, 7 may be T-shaped, and further, the horizontal portion 5 may be provided on its outer surface at certain intervals with projections in the form of buttresses.
Patent GB-190910352-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Recovering Copper from Waste Liquors Produced in Pickling Metals.
Inventor: GOEPFERT AUGUST
IPC: C22B15/00
Filed: 1909-05-01
Granted: 1910-05-02
Abstract: 10,352. G÷pfert, A. May 1. Precipitating. - In the recovery of copper from waste liquor also containing nitric acid, the waste liquor is brought into contact with the iron so diluted, by the addition of a suitable diluent, such as waste liquor from which the copper has already been extracted, that no heating takes place, and there is no generation of nitrous gases. Apparatus for the above process consists of a series of vessels arranged in cascade form so that the overflow passage K of each vessel, extending to about two-thirds of the depth of the vessel, can discharge into the vessel next below it.
Patent GB-190914861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candlesticks.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN EDWARD
IPC: F21V35/00
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 14,861. Wood, J. E. June 26. Candle-holders.-Relates to candlesticks in which the candle-holder is mounted either on two pins so as to swing in one plane only, or on a ball-andsocket joint. In the first type, which is shown in Fig. 1, the weighted candle-holder c is pivoted in wire frames e rigidly attached to the base a. The second type is shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with a washer k which prevents the holder g from falling out of its socket i.
Patent GB-190916084-A (GB)
Title: Means for Preventing Tampering with Gas Meter Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: MORRIS HILARY JOHN
IPC: G01F15/00
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 16,084. Morris, H. J. July 9. Joints, preventing tampering with.-In the couplings between a gas-meter and its inlet and outlet pipes, a device is provided in two parts 9, 10, telescoping together as shown to give adjustability as to length, and having spanner-like ends 15 adapted to embrace and prevent access to the usual union-nuts on the inlet and outlet pipes. Transverse holes 13 allow the insertion of a locking-pin 14, with a seal 12, after the device is in place and adjusted.
Patent GB-190917369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Reinforcing Armoured Concrete Structures.
Inventor: LECLER PAUL
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 17,369. Lecler, P July 26. - Reinforced concrete.-Relates to bonds and shear members for use with bars in reinforced concrete. In all the forms, the bonds &c. are made of wire and are sprung into place and grip the bars without further means. Figs. 3 and 6 show typical forms, the bearing-points of the ends and intermediate portions being in each case on opposite sides of the main bar or bars ; and Fig. 8 shows another form secured in place by means of a yoke b<2>. Fig. 10 shows a distorted helix. The devices may be used to space the main bars, and their ends may be turned out to bear against and position the reinforcement in the mould ; or they may form external loops to attach other objects to the cement surface.
Patent GB-190918597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Blocks and Bundles of Tickets.
Inventor: GOEBEL JEAN
IPC: B42D5/00
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 18,597. Goebel, J. Aug. 12. Tickets.-In ticket blocks in which the top portions are bound together and the tickets proper are separated by perforations, the tickets are arranged to cause the perforations to lie in a plane slanting to the surface of the tickets. Holes c are formed in the tickets and pins s inserted and inclined to cause the perforations d to take up a sloping position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A binding-device b is then inserted to secure them in position.
Patent GB-190922503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supporting and the Relative Positioning of the Work and the Tool in Machines used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D93/00
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-10-11
Abstract: 22,503. Keall, F. B., Gouldbourn, J., Jerram, A. E., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. July 10, 1908. Boot-sole stitching machines.-Relates to machines of the type described in Specification 14,696/08, and consists in mounting the toolcarrier so that it can have a motion of translation in two directions at right-angles to each other, and also turning movements about two axes at right-angles to each other and to the margin of the shoe bottom; the tool or its carrier may also be given a reciprocating rubbing movement. The invention is described as applied to the edge-setting machine described in the Specification above referred to, the edgesetting tool C, Fig. 4, having an active-face C<1> and a lip C<2> to engage respectively the underside and the upper side of the sole-edge; the lip C<2> may, as shown, consist of a stitch wheel pivoted to the tool C. This tool is mounted so as to be movable freely, in a vertical plane transverse to the end of the boot about projections C<4> in a holder C<4>, the shank C<5> of which is slidably held in a T-shaped piece C<6> fulcrumed in an extension L<1> of the sleeve L. This sleeve is rotatably mounted in a frame M pivotally supported by two pairs of twin levers N, N<1>, which are pivotally connected by a bell-crank N<2> to a frame O pivoted to the machine frame; the other end of the bell-crank N<2> is coupled by an anchor link N<4> to a projection from the machine frame. With this arrangement, the holder C<4> can be vibrated laterally about the fulcrum of the piece C<6> and angled about the axis of the sleeve L, during which movements the holder C<4>, sleeve L, and frame M are maintained in a position in which the line of thrust of the tool is square with the sole edge by the twin links N, N<1>, the bell-crank N<2>, and the link N<4>. The tool C is vibrated rapidly about the fulcrum of the piece C<6> by connexions from a telescopic shaft P, which are preferably similar to those described in Specification 5355/05. The correcting - devices for causing the relative traverse of the sole and tool to follow the exact contour of the sole, and for maintaining the acting face of the tool always in proper engagement with the sole edge consist of pairs of feelers S, S', U, U<1>, Fig. 3, which run along the edge and tread of the sole respectively, and control the rotary valves of hydraulic cylinders, as described in Specification 14,696/08. The feelers S, S' are pivoted respectively to levers S<2>, S<3>, which are pivotally carried by the sleeve L and are connected at their lower ends by a cross-bar S<4>, Fig. 4. This bar forms part of a universal joint at the upper end of a shaft S<5>, the other end of which is universally connected to the valve spindle. The shaft S<5> has a sliding movement with respect to the universal joints, or it may be made telescopic. The feelers U, U' are similarly connected to their valve rod.
Patent GB-190923308-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Flexible Material from India-rubber and the like.
Inventor: COLLIER ARTHUR THOMAS
IPC: D06M15/693
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-04-29
Abstract: 23,308. Collier, A. T. Oct. 12. Plastic compositions containing india-rubber &c. and fibres.-Short lengths of thread made of tightly twisted fibres are intimately mixed with plastic india-rubber, or rubber substitute, or a mixture thereof, the material being then moulded and vulcanized. The threads may consist of sewing-cotton cut into lengths of half an inch, and may be previously treated with a thin solution of india-rubber. The proportion of cotton to be used may vary from 5 to 70 per cent, according to the purpose for which the material is required. When the material is rolled into sheets, the threads arrange themselves to some extent in the direction of rolling, the sheets being cut in the same direction to produce articles requiring tensile strength such as belting. Several layers may be superimposed with the directions of rolling of adjacent layers at right-angles to each other, or the material may be combined with layers of canvas, as in the manufacture of tyres. According to the Provisional Specification, the thread may be introduced into the plastic rubber in long lengths, which become torn up in the mixing- rolls.